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MADISON - Wayne Lester Bender, age 57, of Madison, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 30, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg, after complications of ALS. He was born on July 28, 1958, in St. Louis, Mo., the son of…

MADISON - John K. Driscoll, of Madison, died peacefully at home on Memorial Day, May 30, 2016.

CINCINNATI — Police said Tuesday they were investigating the circumstances surrounding a 4-year-old boy entering a gorilla's exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo and the animal being shot to death to protect the child. A federal investigation is also planned.

The rain that came through the area on Tuesday afternoon forced multiple postponements of area WIAA baseball and softball tournament games.

A man charged with selling heroin that police said caused the death of a Stoughton man in 2012 pleaded guilty Tuesday to a lesser charge.

Showers that moved through the Madison area Tuesday afternoon were just the beginning to showers and storms still to come.

A South Dakota man celebrating his golden birthday ended up in jail early Saturday after driving the wrong way on University Avenue.

The Badgers, who will play 28 league games in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, will face Clarkson, Cornell and Lindenwood in the nonconference portion of the schedule.

The win total for the the University of Wisconsin football team during the 2016 regular season is set at 7 victories, according to the South Point Race and Sportsbook in Las Vegas.

A Madison teen who currently has four unresolved criminal court cases was arrested on Monday for allegedly taking a cellphone and camera from an SUV parked on the city's Northeast Side.

Cigarettes must bring a good price on the thieves resale market in Madison.

A Madison man who crashed his car into another car on the city's isthmus allegedly took the license plate off his car before fleeing on foot, police said.

Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne will have a challenger for his job in the coming election, and it will be someone from within his office.

The suspect in a shooting in Sun Prairie on Monday has been identified as Lloyd McKire-Bennett, 20, no permanent address.

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An East Side convenience store was robbed Monday night by a man who implied he had a weapon.

A motorcycle driver who suffered serious injuries early Monday morning when colliding with a deer in Dodge County has been identified as Joseph Negron, 31, Milwaukee.

A man carrying an allegedly stolen large screen TV outside an East Side hotel early Tuesday morning was arrested by Madison police.